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SF 49ers: 9 CFL players John Lynch should consider for 2020

By Nathan Bannerman

Linebacker Glenn Love #34 of the Montreal Alouettes. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
Linebacker Glenn Love #34 of the Montreal Alouettes. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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Cody Fajardo #7, Dariusz Bladek #66, and Dakoda Shepley #64 of the Saskatchewan Roughriders (Photo by Brent Just/Getty Images) /

No. 4: The easiest player to add to this list because he already has a workout scheduled with the SF 49ers is Dakoda Shepley

If the 49ers sign offensive lineman Dakoda Shepley, they’re taking the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 2019 Most Outstanding Rookie right out of their hands.

According to TSN’s Farman Lalji, Shepley has a bunch of COVID-19 tests and protocols to get through before the workout can actually happen.

But it was clear the 49ers were interested in Shepley immediately. Within 30 minutes of the Roughriders making his opt-out official, Lalji reported he was off to San Francisco:

Shepley was the Riders’ first-round pick in the 2018 CFL Draft. He tried to make it to the NFL with the New York Jets, but they cut him and Shepley came back to Canada to dominate with the Riders.

The Windsor, Ontario native is a big body and he can play almost everywhere on the offensive line. So far is the only downside is lack of experience having only one year of CFL experience tacked on. But with injures along the line piling up last season, it couldn’t hurt to have him on the ready,